Once Around is a romantic film that every family can relate to. It is about the Bella’s, an Italian family that has trouble adjusting to their daughter’s new husband who disrupts the family’s chemistry. In watching the film I could not help but think about how each character related to the people in my family.
My father reminded me of Joe Bella, the head of the household. A man who prides himself on family values, and having a close relationship with his children. I can only imagine his dismay when he found out that I was pregnant and that my child’s father was not going to play a big role in her future. He never showed me his anger for the sake of my feelings but I knew that it was there. And when my daughter’s father did come into the picture for a brief amount of time my father said nothing because he knew that having him around made me happy. My father had to do a lot of adjusting becaus
semi-obvious to what was happening around me. My attitude and behavior changed when it came to my family and I really did not realize it until after he left. It felt like he died and that piece of my spirit died with him. So when I watched the end of the Once Around I felt like Renata was me. The good thing that came about him leaving was that I realized that I needed to finally grow up and be a responsible and independent person, if not for me than for my daughter. What makes me feel even better is knowing that there will be times when I regress and feel bad, but I will always have my family there to support me no matter what.
e of this; Niquon (Jordan’s father) practically lived at my house, for three months he was there morning, noon and night sleeping in my bed, eating my parent’s food, doing nothing productive and my dad said nothing to him, and rarely anything to me.
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